Description:

An introduction to the brief therapy techniques developed at Mental Research Institute; sound and videotaped examples of such interventions from actual therapy sessions.

Educational Objectives:

1. To list three major categories of therapeutic interventions, with special attention to the patient’s resistance to change
2. To describe the difference between the indicative language (the language of description, interpretation, etc.) used in traditional therapy, and the injunctive, performative language applied in behavior prescriptions

*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*